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What does that word actually mean? Our slang dictionary explains modern slang clearly — Gen Z, internet, British and street slang — with real definitions, examples and where each term came from.

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Someone who acts self-important or thinks highly of their own status.

Used to describe ambition beyond small money.

As a roast, it bluntly comments on someone's size, so tone and context matter.

A joint — a rolled cannabis cigarette. The word has spread well beyond Liverpool but stays heavily associated with Scouse and wider Northern English slang. Can occasionally mean a regular cigarette, but nine times out of ten it's the spliff.

A soldier signed off sick or on light duties — often used with a sneer suggesting they're swinging the lead. A 'biff chit' is the medical note that gets you out of PT or stagging on. Calling someone a biff is calling them a malingerer.

To live or reside; to stay. 'Whaur dae ye bide?' means 'where do you live?'.

The stretch of time someone's serving. A short bid is a couple of years, a long bid is a decade-plus. Used the way civilians use 'sentence' but with a shrug built in.

A spectacular strike where a player throws their body backwards into the air and scissors their legs to volley the ball overhead.

A 'big shot' — someone important, moneyed, or powerful, and specifically a neighborhood drug boss in reggaeton. Feminine 'bichota' has become an anthem of female empowerment.

A global Twitch emote spammed to show sadness, sympathy, or mock-crying.

The NEC — National Electrical Code, NFPA 70. The thick reference that dictates how every wire, box, breaker and bond gets installed in the US. Called the Bible because it's the final word in any argument and because inspectors quote chapter and verse. Updated on a three-year cycle.

Used as a verb-ish compliment — to be 'wrecking' someone's bias means undermining their pick.

The moment a fan's favorite member unexpectedly shifts to a different member of the same group. Often triggered by a bias wrecker.

A way to track and share who your favorites are, often posted as a graphic or template.

A fan's top few favorite members of a group, grouped together as their most-loved lineup. It sits between having a single bias and loving everyone equally.

Used as a casual measure of loyalty — to 'have a bias' means you're locked in on one member specifically rather than stanning the whole group equally.

A crude, unsophisticated or 'ghetto' person lacking manners or class. Also spelled butu.

An edible/drinkable cannabis preparation from South Asia, traditionally made into a spiced milk beverage.

A measurement of glucose in the blood, checked rapidly in altered or diabetic patients.

Stands for "bye for now," a casual goodbye implying you'll be back or in touch.

Initialism for 'be f***ing for real'. Deployed when someone says or does something so detached from reality that you need them to come back down. The polite-online way to tell a friend, an influencer, or a stranger to get a grip.

Stands for "best friends forever," referring to a very close friend or the bond between them.

The male-escort equivalent of GFE: the booking is dressed up as a relationship — attentive, affectionate, mutually engaged, often with date-style elements like dinner or a night out before anything physical. The client is paying for being wanted, not just serviced.

A broom, traditionally made from bundled twigs; also 'buzzeem'.